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No. 248,284. Patented Oct. 18.1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS s. BRoNsoN, oF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,284, dated October 18, 1881.

Application led January 14, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIsS. BRoNsoN, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stoves, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a stove embodying saidimprovement. Fig, 2 is a View of the same in central vertical section from front to rear. Fig. 3 is a view of the same-in central vertical section on a plane at right angles to plane of section in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the same in horizontal section on plane x.

An object and purpose of the improvement is the combination in one structure of the advantages of a stove with those of a grate by means of a grate in the wall of the tire-pot, a chamber outside such grate walled in on top and sides, and a glazed window forming the front of such chamber.

Another object and purpose of the improvement is a provision for admitting air to such a chamber by means of a door or damper in the bottom thereof opening into the ash-pit.

Another object and purpose of the invention is a provision for raking clinkers and the like into such a chamber from the grate at the bottom of the tire-pot by means of an opening in the wall of the lire-pot, and a provision for dropping such clinkers and the like into the ash-pit by means ot' a door or damper in the bottom of such chamber.

Another object and purpose of the improvement is a provision for permitting an upward draft through such a chamber by means of a door or damper in the top of such chamber.

rlhe letter a denotes the outer casing of a stove. 'b denotes the lire-pot as a whole. One part of the Wall of the re-potis formed by an upright grate, c, (meaning by upright77 any grate which departs substantially from a horizontal.) Outside this grate is ahot-air chamber, d, walled off from the other interior parts of the casing a on the top and sides, and it may be Walled off on the bottom. The top and side Walls of this chamber are denoted bythe letter e. The inner side of this chamber is the grate c, and the outer side or wall is a glazed Window,f, the glazing of which may be of any suitable material, as sheet-mica. rIhis Window is-that (No model.)

grate and the glazed Window I get an airspace betweenl the ygrate and window, and I set the grate back from the window, so that when the window is opened dirt and coal cannot fall out through the opening.

The drawings. show this improvement applied to a revertible-flue stove; but itis applicable to a direct-draft stove, and in the latter case the chamber d may be built out as a projection from the stove-casing.

The letters g denote the revertible flues, which may be gathered into one at the bottom and connected to the smoke-pipe h. The .letter j denotes an outlet into the pipe for a direct draft.

The bottoni ofthe ire-.pot is formed by the (dumping),grale i. may be formed by the door'or slide 7c, which may be pulled back and opened by manipulation of its handle k. When open, ashes and coal that mayhave fallen on itmay be dropped through the opening into the ash-pit beneath; also, coals and clinkers may be raked off the grate i and dropped into the ash-pit through this opening. The lower end of grate c does not come quite down to grate t', leaving an opening in t'hetire-pot, (grate c now being considered a part of the re-pot,) through which coals and clinkers may be raked oft' grate t' and our'. of the lire-pot.

The letter ldenotes a door in the top wall or ceiling of the chamber d, which can be opened and closed by means of the knob or handle l. By openingthis door adraft through it will be produced, and it is particularly useful to permit the escape ot' dust when disturbing the lire by raking out clin kers and the like.

I suppose the parts which go to make up the combinations hereinafter claimed are old when separatelyconsidered. Myinvention consists in the combinations.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a stove, ot a grate in the front Wall of the tire-pot, a'chamber outside such grate, coextensive therewith, and walled in on top and sides, and a glass window in the outer wall of such chamber, all sub- The bottom of chamber' d IDO stantially as described, and for the purpose set opening into the ash-pit through the bottom of forth. such chamber, ull substantially as described,

2. The combination, in a stove, of a grate in and for the purpose set forth. the front wall of the fire-pot, a chamber out- WILLIS S. BRONSON. 5 side such grate, coextensive therewith, und Witnesses:

walled in ou top and sides, a glass Window in W. E. SIMONDS, the outer wall of such chamber, and a damper JAMES J. GREENE. 

